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Paint Competition
The paint competition is a crowd favourite and this year we are excited to welcome 3 emerging artists who will go head-to-head in a little friendly competition on Sunday August 24. These three participants will be given a theme and one hour to paint. Come and see the excitement behind this event. At the end it will be up to the audience to vote our winner!
Molly Stefiuk
Molly Stefiuk is an emerging oil painter who is based on Vancouver Island. She uses vivid colours and passionate brushstrokes to capture the energy behind each painting. Molly’s Nana, June, taught her to paint in her early elementary years. This inspired her to attend Vancouver
Island University, where she earned a degree in Visual Arts. Newly graduated, Molly is dedicated to growing her personal painting style. Her true love is painting wild landscapes of leafy trees, wild grasses, and hidden wildlife. She thinks of painting as a collaboration between herself and nature. Each painting is slowly built through multiple thin layers of glazes. As the paint dries, she uses the end of her paintbrush to create texture by scratching the canvas. To enhance the painting’s texture, she will often include thin layers of resin. Her artwork has been found at the Ladysmith Art Gallery and the Qualicum Beach Old School House Arts Centre.
Christine Lockwood-Lee
Christine Lockwood-Lee, an emerging local abstract artist who's creative artistic vision is to evoke simplicity and light thru her works of love and passion.
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Inspired by Turner, Christine says she hopes to impact viewers of her art with the emotion and wild energy of the ocean.
Charlotte Hegler
Charlotte's artistic journey began in Brantford, Ontario, surrounded by inspiration on the doorsteps of Lake Algonquin. This early connection to the natural beauty of the world profoundly shaped her innate talent, nurturing a deep appreciation and intuitive understanding of the wonders around her.
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Her work is driven by a desire to push perimeters and delve into the interactions between different polymer mediums, resin, leafing and acrylic paints. This allows her to create semi-abstract landscapes that call forth the beauty and majesty of oceans, mountains and trees.
Charlotte lives on Vancouver Island with her wife and dog.
